Oral history interview with Edgar Kausel 1997
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- Name
- Kausel, E (Interviewee)
- Levin, Tanya (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Edgar Kausel 1997
- Abstract
- Childhood: born Santiago, Chile, son of mining engineer; University of Chile: mining engineering, 1953-1959; reminiscences of International Geophysical Year, Antarctic exploration, 1957; scholarship to Columbia University: Ph.D., seismology, 1960-1964; acclimatization to American culture; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory [LDEO]: seismological research, presentation of papers at colloquia, social ac tivities, role of South American government officials in science; move to University of Chile: expansion of geophysical, meteorological, seismological departments, collaboration with American scientists, 1964-1971; return to United States: completion of Ph.D. thesis, University of California at Los Angeles, LDEO, 1971-1973; move to University of Chile, 1973: development of science during government upheaval, funding for seismological instruments; reminiscences of colleagues.
- Collection Name
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory oral history collection
- Subjects
- Seismology--Research; Kausel, E; Columbia University; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1997
- Note (Biographical)
- Seismologist.
- Note
- Interviewed by Tanya Levin on September 3 and September 5, 1997.
- Note (Provenance)
- Edgar Kausel, Gift 1998
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13573017
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-skvz-n922
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.